The Life-Giving Myth

Myths Are The Expression Of A Form Of Knowledge Essential To Life. Including Mainly Previously Unpublished Work By A.m. Hocart The Book Examines Such Issues As: Why A Queen Should Not Have Been Married Before; Why A Guest Is Sacred; Why People Are Believed To Have Been Turned Into Stone; How Money Originated. These Issues Are Considered As Part Of A Socio-religious Complex Embraced In Many Parts Of The World, Both East And West. (there Are Chapters On The Uk, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Fiji, Egypt, And Ancient Greece).